Dance studio instructor charged with Sydney historical sexual assaults

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A dance studio instructor has been charged with a string of historical sexual assault offences in Sydney.

Police allege the man, now 84, sexually assaulted a teenage girl multiple times.

Allegations of sexual assaults in Sydney's west and Northern Beaches stretching from 2002 to 2007 first sparked a police investigation in November 2022.

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The man was refused bail and is due to appear at Parramatta Local Court today.

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On Wednesday morning, police arrested the man at Gulgong in central west NSW.

He was charged with three counts of aggravated indecent assault, sexual assault forced self-manipulation and having sexual intercourse –all against a minor – as well as persistent sexual abuse of a child.

The man was granted bail to front Parramatta Local Court on July 4.